Coloration

From: Lasseter Benjamin (lasseter@chemvx.chem.tamu.edu)
Date: Thu Sep 04 1997 - 07:43:30 PDT


Date: Thu, 4 Sep 1997 09:43:30 -0500
From: lasseter@chemvx.chem.tamu.edu (Lasseter Benjamin)
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg3364$foo@default>
Subject: Coloration


>A thought about the baking soda controversy - I planted some acid-loving docks
>in some dirt that included chalk, and their leaves became flushed with
>red. My
>guess is that if the quantity of baking soda is too small to kill the CPs
>(if that is
>what it will do), then it might well enhance the colour of CPs.

Does the enhancement of the red colour mean that there is a loss of
chlorophyll or that there are elevated levels of carotenes?

        Benjamin F. Lasseter



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